The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-04-30
Brownsville News.

SWALLOWS have made their appear
anee.
G. f. Stanard visited Albany on
Thursday last.
Good ''Old Sol" has returned. We
welcome him back.
For the past week there has been
very little sickness in town.
Work has commenced on the build
ing to be erected for Coshow X Cable.
Mrs J. Montgomery a lady SO years
of age is seriously ill with cancer in the
face.
A very large and well defined ring
encircled the sun on Saturday last, Mt
IL O'clock \. NJ.
r. n. Thompson, accompanied his
mother Mrs. E. Thompson TO Port
land, on Tuesday last.
Miss Sarah Coshow, assistant teacher
of the Cohurg school, passed Saturday
last with home friends.
ID. b. Monteith, special deputy sher-
iff, was in town on Saturday last at
tending to official business.
H. A. Stanard is adding to the con-
yenience and appearance.of his dwell
ing by the addition of n new balcony.
H. NJ. Brown of Spokane Falls, who
has been attending Portland CONNER
cial college, is visiting G. c. Thomp-
son.
The B. w. NJ. Co. have closed down
for few days, to make necessary re-
pairs of the driving gear ON the wheel
shaft.
p. W. Starr on Monday last departed
for Joseph, Wallowa county, where he
will remain during the following six
months.
]. p. Galhraith, county clerk, passed
Sunday with Brownsville friends, re-
turning to Albany on the following
Monday morning.
w. R. Cartwright. wife and daughter,
residents of Boise City, idaho, are the
guests of Mrs. j. II. Waters, the moth
er of Mrs. Cartwright.
Captain James Blakely, sr., on Mon
day last departed via. Northern Pacific
II. R. for the east, To visit family friends
in Kansas Missouri and Tennessee.
BY the upsetting of a hack, one of
the occupants. Miss Ella Iycer receiv-
ed some painful, but not serions inju-
ries, on the evening of Tuesday last.
Communion services were held at th,.
Baptist church on Sabbath last, Rev.
Carpus Sperry officiating. Rev. II.
Robe preached at the Presbyterian
church.
Rev. T. ]. Wilson will, within the
next two weeks, date of which will he
given, address the citizens of Browns
vile, on the subject of the prohibition
amendment.
New and improved pendant set
watches in gold and silver, new pat
terms of cameo bar pins, new chains and
finger rings, just received by Pillsbury,
the jeweler.
James McHarge will take charge of
the Wilson hotel on the first of May.
Mrs. Wilson, former landlady and the
owner of the hotel, has rented the prop
erty of Mrs. +. Thompson, where she
will reside with her family.
Under the management of Professor
Strange, principal, and Miss Long, as
sistant teacher, the North Brownsville
school has given general satisfaction.
The pupils, for the spring term num-
Der 90. who show, generally, "A great
proficiency in their studies.
The excursion given by the Odd Fell
lows on the 26fh inst, from Coburg To
Silverton was carried out according To
arranged program, giving satisfaction
TO all attending. one hundred and forty
three tickets being sold at this place.
The entire number of people participa-
ting numbered over three hundred
and nifty.
Thos Kay is making many improve
ments ON his residence north of town.
Carpenters and painters are busily em-
pIoyed putting the house in first-class
order. Ornamental shrubbeTy, walks
and fountains, have been added to the
grounds. a reservoir has been built east
of the house, which will hold sufficient
water for domestic use, the dairy and
stock sheds.
The farmers are taking advantage of
the fair weather to SOW their spring
wheat, necessity which has been de-
layed by the prolonged spring rains; in
some sections very little grain having
as vet been put into the ground. For
this reason town business Is quiet. but
our merchants are evidently confident
of good spring trade, as they are daily
receiving large consignments of goods.
Rev. T.. T. Engle, an able and most
successful minister of the East Port
land Presbyterian Evangelist church
will assist Rev. r. Robe in series OF
meetings to be held i'm the Presbyterian
/ church of this place, commencing on
Wednesday May and continuing over
/ the following Sunday, on which day
4 communion services viii be held. Rev.
Engle is also expected to deliver a pro
/ hibition lecture. i. 5. p.